Futurist




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  1. 1. visit Germany.
    636 people
  2. 2. go back to school.
    2,465 people
  3. 3. build a home recording studio.
    17 people
  4. 4. build an arcade cabinet.
    32 people
  5. 5. learn how to make electronic music.
    69 people
  6. 6. get health insurance.
    243 people
  7. 7. work for a film production studio.
    1 person
  8. 8. own a golden retriever.
    44 people
  9. 9. join a recreational baseball league.
    1 person
  10. 10. invest my money.
    41 people
  11. 11. build a new computer.
    50 people
  12. 12. do my own taxes.
    8 people
  13. 13. cure my obsessive compulsive disorder.
    2 people
  14. 14. start selling stuff on ebay.
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  15. 15. beat Gradius on the PS2.
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    1 person
  16. 16. open a restaurant.
    510 people
  17. 17. learn to drive.
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  18. 18. type faster.
    288 people
  19. 19. learn to decipher cuneiform script.
    1 person
  20. 20. see Atari Teenage Riot in concert.
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  21. 21. create emulation compilations for the Sega Dreamcast.
    1 person
  22. 22. find a replica Spy vs Spy handbag, place a question mark on it, and carry it onto an NYC subway.
    1 person
  23. 23. renew my old friendships.
    26 people
  24. 24. learn to program.
    324 people
  25. 25. improve my credit score.
    321 people
  26. 26. read the Earth Chronicle series by Zacharia Sitchin.
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  27. 27. try standup comedy.
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  28. 28. start treating my birthdays as if they were a reason to hold an extravagant celebration rather than a morbid funeral.
    1 person
  29. 29. be more decisive.
    655 people
  30. 30. take a vacation.
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  31. 31. tone my arms.
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  32. 32. build a sliding device to visit parallel universes.
    1 person
  33. 33. play a live show.
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  34. 34. learn Linux.
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  35. 35. take up kickboxing.
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  36. 36. watch every single movie on IMDB's top 250 list.
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  37. 37. be on The Amazing Race.
    310 people
  38. 38. get rid of the dark circles under my eyes.
    71 people
  39. 39. visit all 30 Major League Baseball ballparks.
    1 person
  40. 40. be on time.
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  41. 41. sponsor a child.
    231 people
  42. 42. find my niche in something and see it through.
    1 person
  43. 43. create my own cookbook.
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beat Gradius on the PS2.
I will beat you even if i have to vomit all over myself. 23 months ago

I have always loved video games since i was a kid but i’m also one of those few unlucky people in the world who suffer from the conundrum known as 3d induced motion sickness. It started with Doom, became progressively worse when games like Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament came out, and now i more or less can’t play a majority of the games that are being produced these days without giving myself a side-splitting headache for two weeks. And I’ve come to terms with that. So i stick with what i know. 2d games, puzzle games, rpg’s, and the few adventure games i can tolerate.

I thought Gradius would be a good game to play since it’s just your average 2d remake of a classic side scrolling spacecraft shoot-em up. And i was right for about 6 levels. Then level 7 came rolling around and the screen went from horizontal to vertical to horizontal to vertical and well you get the picture. I had to put the controller down and lay down on my bed.

I haven’t touched this game since that day but my buddy oral electrolyte solution says i’m going to kick your ass this week.




 

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